Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

The feeling of satiety, almost inseparable from large possessions, is a surer cause of misery than ungratified desires.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?