“If one makes himself master of one vital book, he shall never become a commonplace man.”
“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”
“A wise man travels to discover himself.”
“No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”
“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”
“The surest plan to make a ManIs, think him so.”
“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”