To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

The only way to be totally free is through education.

A selfish man is a thief.

Literature is the most beautiful of countries

Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

People can only be free if they are truly educated.