The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from.

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect.

Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.

It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement