"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor."

"The future is not a gift, it is an achievement."

"Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret."

"It is race, not religion that interests me."

"Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life."