To be forgotten is to sleep in peace with the undisturbed myriads, no longer subject to the chills and heats, the blasts, the sleet, the dust, which assail in endless succession that shadow of a man which we call his reputation.

Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.

Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.