No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.

My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

Our minds are rendered buoyant by exercise.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.