"Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope."

"One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can."

"There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins."

"The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm."

"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

"Breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"By nature I'm not a brooder."

"Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature; but all things become so through habit."