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

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Never take anything for granted.

Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.