What is true of the individual will be true of the whole family; what is true of the family will be true of the community, and of the state.

human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.

it is always easier to see the beginning from the end, than the end from the beginning.

I don't lose an hour in the morning and expect to make it up in the evening; night is the wrong end of the day to borrow from.

What is true of the individual will be true of the whole family; what is true of the family will be true of the community, and of the state.

our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.