I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.

In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.