"Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy."

"Our critics are our friends; they show us our faults."

"I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it."

"An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns."

"If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing."

"The first mistake in public business is the going into it."

"People who don't Think probably don't have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake."

"America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up."

"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect."

"Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster."

"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top."

"Ambition is not a vice of little people."