He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.