"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."

"I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

"The State demands the strong wine of freedom, and unless her rulers give her a plentiful draught, punishes and insults them; equality and fraternity of governors and governed is the approved principle…"