“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.