"The will of man is by his..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“O, let my books be then the eloquenceAnd dumb presagers of my speaking breast,Who plead for love, and look for recompense,More than that tongue that more hath more expressed.”

“Pardon's the word to all.”

“If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre.”

“Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself.”

“It is so much easier to be enthusiastic than to reason!”

“Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.”

“We disparage reason.But all the time it's what we're most concerned with.There's will as motor and there's will as brakes.Reason is, I suppose, the steering gear.”

“Man is the will, and woman the sentiment. In this ship of humanity, Will is the rudder, and Sentiment the sail; when woman affects to steer, the rudder is only a masked sail.”

“Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.”