That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace making the best of circumstances.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Happiness seems to depend on leisure, because we work to have leisure, and wage war to live in peace.