“It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.”

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.

My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.

I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote.

He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

In a truly free society, individuals are granted responsibility for themselves.

To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.