A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.

A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.