The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

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

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.