“The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.”
“Life consists in what a person is thinking of all day.”
“The secret in education lies in respecting the student.”
“Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain.”
“No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.”
“That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.”
“Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?”
“A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us.”
“The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature.”
“Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.”
“Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations.”
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
“A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.”
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in dreams.”
“He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.”
“A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.”
“Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.”
“Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.”
“The education of the will is the object of our existence.”
“Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.”
“If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow.”
“Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.”
“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”
“Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.”
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”
“The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.”
“The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.”
“Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.”