No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
No man was ever wise by chance.
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.