“i find what comes out of my own mouth to be the most interesting”

“It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.”

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do.”

“Be fearful of mediocrity.”

“Inspiration doesn't lead to writing. Writing leads to inspiration.”

“I call that mind free, which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come.”

“I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.”