"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions."

"Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below."

"It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others."

"No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate."

"The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"As our expedition to New York seems likely to be attended with a very fatal Consequence, and ourselves haply censured for undertaking it without assurance of success."