In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. 

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. 

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time. 

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.