And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did.

Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.

A great man is made so for others.