“The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth.”
“To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.”
“Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.”
“One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.”
“One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.”
“Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.”
“Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.”
“Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.”
“We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions.”
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
“Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.”
“Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.”
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
“One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.”
“What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.”
“Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.”
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
“When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.”
“Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.”
“Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.”
“A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.”
“Never by reflection, but only by doing is self-knowledge possible to one.”
“Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.”
“The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.”
“Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.”
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”
“If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.”
“Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.”
“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”