The world is nothing, the man is all; in yourself is the law of all nature, and you know not yet how a globule of sap ascends; in yourself slumbers the whole of Reason; it is for you to know all, it is for you to dare all.

What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of truth and good?

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in.

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

Fractures well cured make us more strong.

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.