"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown."

"Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood."

"A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it."

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers."

"All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad."

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children."

"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly combat."

"THE DISAPPOINTED MAN SPEAKS.--I sought great human beings, I never found anything but the APES of their ideal."

"A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise."

"Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by."

"The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change."

"We are like oil and water, but all my other relationships are like oil and vinegar! Delicious!"