A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

A dull ax never loves grindstones.

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.