An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Even those who have the weakest souls could acquire absolute mastery over all their passions if we employed sufficient ingenuity in training and guiding them.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

He lives well who is well hidden.

We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a thing, but rather what we do not understand.

For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

There is nothing more ancient than the truth.