"Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth."

"You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you."

"He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet."

"Children need models more than they need critics."

"Despair gives courage to a coward."

"It is a essential truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me."

"The thing I fear most is fear."