If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them.

God has delegated himself to a million deputies.

There is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works.

Intellect is a fire; rash and pitiless it melts this wonderful bone-house which is called man. Genius even, as it is the greatestgood, is the greatest harm.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. People only see what they are prepared to see.

The proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.