"There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power."

"There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant."

"A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule."

"There is a melody born of melody, That melts the world into a sea."

"Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live."

"If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow."

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

"Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about reality."

"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."

"A private individual may do anything except that which is legally forbidden; A government individual may do nothing except that which is legally permitted."

"If you're in the public eye, you're either a womanizer or you're gay. I'm neither one."