The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view.

Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom.

A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.

For the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?

A little integrity is better than any career.

Thought is the seed of action.