Innocence has a friend in heaven.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

Only the soldier is a free man, because he can look death in the face.

There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.