We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.

Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is equally the mother, and disowns none of them.

Mistakes are often the best teachers.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.