I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.

Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.