"Ultimately nature and events are largely what our imaginations make them out to be."

"There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one's problems and sorrows with one."

"And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep."

"You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence."

"One must never be eccentric. If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly."

"When thoughts fails of words, they find imagination waiting at their elbow to teach a new language without words."

"Politics is the science of getting more power than anyone deserves to have."

"Future is in the sky."

"The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth."

"The more you sweat during peace, The less you bleed during war."

"Love is the very essence of life."

"Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it."