What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds-A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace & embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible.

Play not the Peacock, looking everywhere about you, to see if you be well deck't.

I'm not perfect, but I'll always be real.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

The first duty of the university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.