The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes: one's own.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.