The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.

Time is the herald of truth.

If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.