Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.
Meditation is culture.
A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.