He is the richest who is content with the least.

All that we know is nothing can be known.

...one thing I am ready to fight for as long as I can, in word and act: that is, that we shall be better, braver and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we don't know than if we believe there is no point in looking because what we don't know we can never discover.

How can you wonder your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself around with you?

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.