"I believe that much of the world's sorrow is caused by people who are this, but allow themselves to be treated like that."

"Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others."

"As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject."

"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."

"Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners."

"Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, beautified, and enlarged."

"I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that would be distributed equally throughout the world."

"He who feels no compassion will become insane."

"Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment."

"PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible."

"An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it."

"With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown."