Character is an invincible force, which acts by presence and without means

America is another name for opportunity.

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

Insist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death.

Souls are not saved in bundles.