We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.

I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. Now we reckon them as bank-days, by some debt which is to be paid us, or which we are to pay, or some pleasure we are to taste.

Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity.

It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself.

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

Insist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.