In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.

Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.

Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute to a monarchy that he knew not, man's empire over himself.