The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyone… Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain.

Others can get in your way temporarily, but only you can get out of your way permanently. Our best thoughts come from others.

The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.

Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am quite ready to be charmed, but I shall not make-believe I am charmed.

Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.

Do not require a description of the countries towards which you sail. The description does not describe them to you, and to- morrow you arrive there, and know them by inhabiting them.