"If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city."

"Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another."

"We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed."

"Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength."

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

"We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly."

"The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls."

"If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death."