If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.

We must have the compassion and understanding for those who hate us.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false.