"Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act."

"For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief."

"The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession."

"Necessity makes even the timid brave."

"Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord."

"To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship."

"Nothing endures but change."

"The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not."

"Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error."

"By trying, we can endure adversity. Another man's, I mean."

"Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different."

"When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite."