My tongue is prone to lose the way,Not so my pen, for in a letterWe have not better things to say,But surely put them better.

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionaliti es or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principle.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.

But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.

Play out the game, act well your part, and if the gods have blundered, we will not.