The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

The soul of man is not a thing which comes and goes, is builded and decays like the elemental frame in which it is set to dwell, but a very living force, a very energy of God's organic will, which rules and moulds this universe.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.