“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”

“When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”