"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown."

"Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood."

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers."

"All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad."

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children."

"Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it."

"I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things."

"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure."

"A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction."

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."

"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness."

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one."