Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God-the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happeningto them.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.