He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be taken from it, and the name of virtue be left.