A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

The pleasures of the intellect are permanent, the pleasures of the heart are transitory.

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.

I knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these are the only remarkable walls we have in North America, though we have a good deal of Virginia fence, it is true.