The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics.

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.

The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.

The walking of Man is falling forwards.

Society will pardon much to genius and special gifts; but, being in its nature conventional, it loves what is conventional, or what belongs to coming together.

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.