Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

The negro king desired to be portrayed as white. But do not laugh at the poor African; for every man is but another negro king, and would like to appear in a color different from that with which Fate has bedaubed him.

Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

He is noble who both feels and acts nobly.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

He who fears to venture as far as his heart urges and his reason permits, is a coward; he who ventures further than he intended to go, is a slave.