Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.