The most intelligent members of the animal kingdom are human beings; so are the most stupid

The quality of a conqueror is to be judged as much by what he spears as by what he spares

A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary skill springs from the droppings of writers that cross our minds through the reading we do.

There are three houses that the ultimate adult must leave: their parents' house, their employer's house, and their teacher's house. So they must someday found their own home, their own business, and their own school of thought so that they can live under their own roof at home, at work, and in thought.

Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy

It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous