"Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars."

"Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something."

"The foundation of joy is the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches."

"It is a steadfast truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Patience is a virtue because the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick."

"Patience is a virtue because the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."