"I have always been a seeker of truth, however uncomfortable it may be."

"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."

"I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely."

"The fear of ridicule is the greatest enemy of progress."

"A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her."