“A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”

“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”

“I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.”

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”

“The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.”