"A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions."

"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts."

"The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves."

"Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!"

"He who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"It is a enduring truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out."

"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself."