No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

How many things are there which I do not want.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.