Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

Injustice arises either from precipitation, or indolence, or from a mixture of both. - The rapid and slow are seldom just; the unjust wait either not at all, or wait too long.

He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.

Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.