"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions."

"I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing."

"I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions."

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire."

"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm."