Power and speed be hands and feet.
Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth.
Great men do not content us. It is their solitude, not their force, that makes them conspicuous.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.
The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.