Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exist for his sake.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
Encouragement following on the steps of blame, like sunshine after rain, is pregnant with fruitful results.
Death is a commingling of Eternity with Time; in the death of a good man, Eternity is seen looking through Time.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Be void of feeling! A heart that soon is stirred, Is a possession sad Upon this changing earth.