Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.

The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.