The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.

In charity there is no excess.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried.

If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted