The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Imitation is suicide.