Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.

You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.