Votes should be weighed not counted.

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.

The happy man does not notice the flight of time.

Cowards have done good and kind actions, but a coward never pardoned.

Man is an imitative creature.

Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood.

The gentlest man cannot live in peace if it does not please his wicked neighbor.