Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
Turtle makes all men equal.
Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.
Books are the curse of the human race.
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.