"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked."

"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery."

"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party."

"Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen."

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

"I always entertain great hopes."

"Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself."

"Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only."

"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

"Freedom is not enough."

"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."

"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."

"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."

"Leap, and the net will appear."

"I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented."

"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens."

"The end of labor is to gain leisure."