“I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.”

“Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself”

“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others”

“A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.”

“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself”

“It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.”