The senses collect the surface facts of matter... It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.