“Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.”

“Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.”

“If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.”

“Ideas must work through the brains and arms of men, or they are no better than dreams”

“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.”

“We must go alone. I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.”

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.”