Do your work, but do your thing.
An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.
Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature,--the sweet, without the other side,--the bitter.
Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.