"Do what you can with what you have, where you are."

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

"To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness."

"The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination."

"The only real possession you'll ever have is your character."

"I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish."

"Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor."

"Favorite animal: steak."