"I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty."

"The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more."

"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit."

"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them."

"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."

"Fortune befriends the bold."

"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."

"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."

"Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?"

"Zeal will do more than knowledge."

"I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown."

"To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."

"To err is human; to forgive, divine."

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

"Change before you have to."

"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts."

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

"With renunciation life begins."

"They're only truly great who are truly good."

"To be free is to have achieved your life."