“No truly great person ever thought themselves so.”

“Persons without education certainly do not want [lack] either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but they have no power of abstraction--they see their objects always near, never in the horizon.”

“Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.”

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

“The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.”

“Learning is its own exceeding great reward.”

“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty, and your animal spirits.”