I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
I was pushed roughly but dispassionately onto my stomach and something went twice around my wrists and then tightened up as well, feeling like baling wire and biting cruelly.
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.