Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.