Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Character is higher than intellect...A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.

Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: Every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.