A man's foibles are what makes him lovable.

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed

To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.

In comradeship is danger countered best.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.

The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.