Mankind Cannot Get On Without A Certain

Buying Books Would Be A Good Thing If One Could Also Buy The Time To Read Them In: But As A Rule The Purchase Of Books Is Mistaken For The Appropriation Of Their Contents.

We Seldom Speak Of What We Have But Often Of What We Lack.

A Happy Life Is Impos­si­ble; The Best That A Man Can Attain Is A Heroic Life.

Virtue Is As Little To Be Acquired By Learning As Genius; Nay, The Idea Is Barren, And Is Only To Be Employed As An Instrument, In The Same Way As Genius In Respect To Art. It Would Be As Foolish To Expect That Our Moral And Ethical Systems Would Turn Out Virtuous, Noble, And Holy Beings, As That Our Aesthetic Systems Would Produce Poets, Painters, And Musicians.

The Shortness Of Life, So Often Lamented, May Be The Best Thing About It.