“If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”

“If men knew each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”

“Men are only as great as they are kind.”

“Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ”

“The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.”

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. ”