How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.

For me--I hold no commerce with despair!

Hope is a willing slave; despair is free.

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.