"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"That government is best which governs least."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none."