The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.

Laughter means sympathy.

The greatest mistake is to imagine that we never err.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.

Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics; let your brain rest, you wearied and worried people of business; let your limbs rest, ye children of toil!

Variety is the condition of harmony.

Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity; begins even when we have surrendered to Necessity, as the most part only do; but begins joyfully and hopefully only when we have reconciled ourselves to Necessity; and thus, in reality, triumphed over it, and felt that in Necessity we are free.