Parce que c'etait lui; parce que c'etait moi.

Since I would rather make of him an able man than a learned man, I would also urge that care be taken to choose a guide with a well-made rather than a well-fil…

Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.

Dare to be yourself.

You may be whatever you resolve to be.

So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.