"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books"
"Youth comes but once in a lifetime"
"There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together"
"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after"
"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized"
"The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day"
"The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain"
"The nearer the dawn the darker the night"
"The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds"
"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books"
"The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service"
"The human voice is the organ of the soul"
"Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity"
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence"
"Resolve and thou art free"
"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody"
"People demand freedom only when they have no power"
"Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat"
