The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.