We cannot fight for love, as men may do; we shou'd be woo'd, and were not made to woo
Few faults of style, whether real or imaginary, excite the malignity of a more numerous class of readers, than the use of hard words.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Love may be blind, but this I'll state - it's eagle-eyed compared to hate.
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.
Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we change a blunt lancet that we have used long enough.