This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.