“A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.”

“Learning is its own exceeding great reward.”

“No truly great person ever thought themselves so.”

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.”

“He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.”

“Even a highwayman, in the way of trade, may blow out your brains, but if he uses foul language at the same time, I should say he was no gentleman.”

“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.”