The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

Laws die, books never.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.