He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.
Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought.
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
The less government we have the better.
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
A man’s action is only a picture book of his creed.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.
Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
God screens us evermore from premature ideas.
Revolutions go not backward.
No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.
The true poem is the poet’s mind.
Beauty without expression is boring.
Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.
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