The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.

If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you.

Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not. The inefficient offer their inefficiency to the highest bidder, and are forever expecting to be put into office. One would suppose that they were rarely disappointed.

The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.