Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?

I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations

The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

It is history that teaches us to hope.