Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

What you call 'contradiction' I call 'complement'.

When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.

It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.

My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin.

If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.

I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.

They don’t need walls and water to keep the prisoners in, not when they’re trapped inside their own heads, incapable of a single cheerful thought. Most go mad within weeks - Lupin

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

If you want it, become it.