"Mankind is made great or little by its own will."

"Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men."

"Freedom can occur only through education."

"Keep true to the dreams of your youth."

"Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful."

"The strong man is strongest when alone."

"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair."

"It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in."

"The key to education is the experience of beauty."

"The voice of the majority is no proof of justice."

"They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom."

"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

"Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor."

"Great souls suffer in silence."