"I perceive that, when an old man has done what he has to do, and has said what he has to say, he is as ready to go as an old clock to strike."

"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and so make sure of twenty digits."

"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves."

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step…"