The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an instrument.

Faith can be interested in results only, for a truth once recognized as such puts an end to the believer's thinking.

Language is the spiritual exhalation of the nation.

Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man.

The sorrow which calls for help and comfort is not the greatest, nor does it come from the depths of the heart.

When we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself - nay, even springs from the midst of a life of troubles and anxieties and privations.

In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to it. Man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others.