Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.

Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate.

Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in youth be gotten, Or wit be ripe before 't was rotten?

Hitch your wagon to a star.

The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length, and not remember spite. He has neither friends nor enemies, but values men only as channels of power.

The aid we can give each other is only incidental, lateral, and sympathetic.

The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.