Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school.

One idea lights a thousand candles.

The height, the deity of man is to be self-sustained, to need no gift, no foreign force. Society is good when it does not violate me, but best when it is likest to solitude.

When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.

Will is the measure of power. To a great genius there must be a great will. If the thought is not a lamp to the will, does not proceed to an act, the wise are imbecile. He alone is strong and happy who has a will. The rest are herds. He uses; they are used. He is of the Maker; they are of the Made. Will is always miraculous, being the presence of God to men. When it appears in a man he is a hero, and all metaphysics are at fault.