There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

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

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

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