"Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"There are no gains without pains"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"

"When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome"

"Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride"

"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it"

"Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight"