Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

Let us seek to fathom those things that are fathomable and reserve those things which are unfathomable for reverence in quietude.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.

The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.