Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.

Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.