"Passion is the source of our finest moments, the joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ectasy of grief."

"It is not the position, but the disposition."

"One thing we know for sure is that change is certain, progress is not."

"Why, then 'tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so: to me it [Denmark] is a prison."

"It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions."

"The race is not [always] to the swift, nor the battle to the strong."

"The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?"

"One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it."

"An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer."

"To save a Life in defeat, is to receive Victory and Honor."

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave."