“In the world’s broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!” -from “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“But I like talking to a brick wall–it’s the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!” -Cecil Graham  (from Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde)

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep.”