A work of real merit finds favor at last.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.

If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve

I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.

We must cherish our inheritance. We must preserve our nationality for the youth of our future. The story should be written down to pass on.

Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

The me that's me right now is yours. Always.

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation’s general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.