Genius is the power of lighting one's own fire. Imagination is more important than knowledge. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Every one is the architect of his own fortune. Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear is the mother of morality.
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it. To be humble to superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness. Life does not cease to be funny when people die, any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.