The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.

The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.

The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.

It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.

The law of common sense.