"Nothing has more power to broaden the mind than the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life."

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away."

"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it, as she wills everything else."

"To endure is the first thing that a man must learn if he is to achieve anything, or if he is to live at all."

"The true man of honor is he who is ready to stand by a good cause even when it is unpopular."