He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even capable of forming such opinions.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

He who hath many friends hath none.