“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”

“When you doubt, abstain.”

“The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.”

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”

“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.”

“Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.”

“You can never plan the future by the past.”

“Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.”

“They can conquer who believe they can.”

“I am not young enough to know everything.”