The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.

[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all.

For love of country, they accepted death.

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.