“Men are respectable only as they respect.”
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.”
“Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.”
“It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
“A man's what he thinks about all day long”
“The virtue in most request is conformity.”
“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”
“Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.”
“Accept your genius and say what you think.”
“We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.”
“The people are to be taken in small doses.”
“The never-ending task of self improvement.”
“Self-trust is the first secret to success.”
“He is great who confers the most benefits.”
“Fame is proof that the people are gullible.”
“Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.”
“Art is the path of the creator to his work.”
“What a new face courage puts on everything!”
“Never read any book that is not a year old.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“The only prudence in life is concentration.”
“A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.”
“The basis of good manners is self-reliance.”
“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.”
“Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.”
“Wherever work is done, victory is attained.”
“Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.”
“All the great ages have been ages of belief.”
“Culture is one thing and varnish is another.”
“The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.”