We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better.

The unbelief of the age is attested by the loud condemnation of trifles.

Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.

Things are in the saddle. And ride mankind.