"To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty."

"The true measure of a man is wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us."

"The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it."

"The true measure of a man is every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad."

"You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure."

"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."