And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.

Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.