Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.

The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.

Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.

The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, That is all there was! But twist them all together and you have something tremendous.

Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.