A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
He who fears to be out of the mode does not deserve to belong to himself.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.