I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
- Abraham Lincoln

I think and think for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
- Albert Einstein

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.
- Mark Twain

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.
- Henry David Thoreau

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
- Benjamin Franklin

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare