He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."

"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."

"The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."