He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure.

Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.

Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey.

We animate what we can see, and we see only what we animate.

Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.