It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of wisdom, and wisdom the parent of success.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

I can't see no great difference atween givin' up territory afore a war, out of a dread of war, and givin' it up after a war, because we can't help it-unless it be that the last is the most manful and honourable.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.