"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."

"If you want to be loved, be lovable. / Ut ameris, amabilis esto."

"The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."

"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim."