We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Human society is made up of partialities. Each citizen has an interest and a view of his own, which, if followed out to the extreme, would leave no room for any other citizen.

When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats andclothes you have worn out.

The scholar may lose himself in schools, in words, and become a pedant; but when he comprehends his duties, he above all men is arealist, and converses with things.

Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.