Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

If I am not I, who will be?

Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.

We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste.

We 've wholly forgotten how to die. But be sure you do die nevertheless. Do your work, and finish it. If you know how to begin, you will know when to end.

The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature, causes the unknown to reveal themselves. Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.

God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.