“Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.”

“By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void.”

“Many much-learned men have no intelligence.”

“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.”

“To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.”

“If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.”

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”

“I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myse...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”

“Every treasure is guarded by dragons. That's how you can tell it's valuable.”

“When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.”

“Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.”