To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

A babe is a mother's anchor.

When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend and winds blow, we cannot afford to build on shifting sands.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.