Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.

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

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.

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

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

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.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.