Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Genius is fostered by industry.

I hate all children of precocious talent.