A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Duty cannot exist without faith

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.