No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

A person's fate is their own temper.

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.