“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”

“Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.”

“Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.”

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”