A man must learn to love his children, not because they are his, but because they are children, else his love will be scarcely a better thing at last than the party-spirit of the faithful politician.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

Moderation is the basis of justice.

All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for...There seems no plan because it is all plan: there seems no centre because it is all centre.

Man's rank is his power to uplift.

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.