"This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man."

"No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments."

"In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment."

"Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?"

"The best plan is to profit by the folly of others."

"From the end spring new beginnings."

"A good garden may have some weeds."

"Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body."

"A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince."

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beuty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

"THE DISAPPOINTED MAN SPEAKS.--I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the APES of their ideal."