“Fame is no sure test of merit.”

“The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.”

“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.”

“Surely of all ‘rights of man’, this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held in the true course by him, is the indisputablest.”

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”

“There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!”

“The whole universe is but a huge Symbol of god".”