Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear.

Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.

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.

Love sacrifices all things to bless the thing it loves.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.