"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

"If you look for the bad in people, you will surely find it."

"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced."

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

"Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaces by vague ritual."

"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being."

"Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act."

"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities."

"I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art."