Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.

Nations, like individuals, live and die; but civilization cannot die.

Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.

The religion of humanity is love.

Men of great genius and large heart sow the seeds of a new degree of progress in the world, but they bear fruit only after many years.

The honor of a country depends much more on removing its faults than on boasting of its qualities.

The family is the country of the heart.