The student is to read history actively and not passively; to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. Thus compelled, the muse of history will utter oracles as never to those who do not respect themselves.
You think me the child of circumstance; I make my circumstance.
Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.
Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might.