To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, an they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till the other is ready, and it may be along time before they get off.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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