“Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world”

“He who did most, shall bear most; the strongest shall stand the most weak”

“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free”

“The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.”

“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up”

“For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense”