Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

...the law which is never to be broken is never required.

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.