We cannot learn men from books.
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
Youth is the trustee of prosperity.
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
Travel teaches toleration.
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.