"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."

"It is a steadfast truth that kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men."

"This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you."

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."

"I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car."