1. “Solitude sometimes is the best society.”
2. “He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires and fears is more than a king.”
3. “Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.”
4. “Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.”
5. “Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep…”
6. “The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.”
7. “Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
8. “I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance and honest deeds set against dishonest words.”
9. “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.”
10. “To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.”
11. “What is strength without a double share of wisdom?”
12. “They who have put out the people’s eyes reproach them of their blindness.”
13. “Luck is the residue of design.”
14. “A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”
15. “Gratitude bestows reverence… changing forever how we experience life and the world.”
