“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
“One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail.”
“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.”
“Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.”
“Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.”
“The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.”
“What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.”
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”
“So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.”
“A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.”
“Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.”
“Them meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.”
“The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.”
“Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.”
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles.”
“Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.”
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
“People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.”
“My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.”
“A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking.”
“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”
“We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.”
“Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.”
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
“There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.”
“The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.”
“As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.”
“Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.”
“Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.”