A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Genius is a long impatience.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out