It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. 

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

Some of the greatest pains are often caused by people who are dear to us.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn't matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.