Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.