„When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

Nature is all that a man brings with himself; nurture is every influence that affects him.

It's all in the mind.

Information is cheap, understanding rare, wisdom priceless.

„Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.