Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

The law of common sense.

Youth should be a savings bank.

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

Truth only is prolific. Error, sterile in itself, produces only by means of the portion of truth which it contains. It may have offspring, but the life which it gives, like that of the hybrid races, cannot be transmitted.

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.