I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.

It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.