It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.

In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.

Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.