God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.
It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.