It is not courage that makes us speak the truth, but it is a hunger for truth that makes us courageous

While reason steers a man, it is faith alone that moves him

Men who attain great heights always have few friends but many admirers, while those who ply the lower reaches of fortune often have many friends but scarcely an admirer in sight

There are things to be obtained by law and things to be obtained by claw

While the alchemist of old sought to turn lead into gold, the modern alchemist has a more noble dream: to turn men from rot to rock

The quality of a man is to be judged not by what he drives but by what drives him