"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings."

"You are a little soul carrying around a corpse."

"As long as you are a human being, you are a member of a great whole, and you have a part to play. If you play it badly, you will be hissed off the stage; if well, applauded."

"When you have said 'Tomorrow I will begin to attend,' you must be told that you are saying this: 'Today I will be shameless, disregardful of time and place, mean; it will be in the power of others to …"

"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?"