"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy."

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."

"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood."

"No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

"The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal."

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."