The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science only leads to the insoluble.

You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.