Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters which they perpetuate.

Great ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool.

At present, the most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon women is something to do which they can do well and worthily, and thereby maintain themselves.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.