In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.

Time flies, and what is past is done.