It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Destiny is not a passive agent that lies in the lap of the Gods, but is an active instrument that lies in your own hands to shape as you will.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.