"The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present"

"The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it"

"There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves"

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue"

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it"

"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy"