” Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. “

” Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world. “

” Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. “

” The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. “

” We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. “

” Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge. “