"If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place."

"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value."

"Laws are silent in times of war."

"What a time! What a civilization!"

"Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back."

"He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep."

"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all- the apathy of human beings."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."

"The good or ill of a man lies within his own will."