"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."

"With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."

"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

"Thinking things has been done through the ages; knowing things remains to be done."

"The world began when I was born and the world is mine to win"

"A throw of the dice will never abolish chance."

"Somebody who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world"

"I don't hate people, I just feel better when they aren't around."