"Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life."

"Never mind that; we came at last. And at the next change there will be something very superior to us—something with wings. Ah! That's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows."

"A self-made man, who worships his creator."

"A canter is the cure for all evil."

"We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results."