Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Whatever is done for men takes away from the stimulus and necessity of doing things for themselves. The value of legislative as an agent in human advancement has been much over-estimated. No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident or the drunken sober.

It is a grand old name, that of gentleman, and has been recognized as a rank and power in all stages of society. To possess this character is a dignity of itself, commanding the instinctive homage of every generous mind, and those who will not bow to titular rank will yet do homage to the gentleman. His qualities depend not upon fashion or manners, but upon moral worth; not on personal possessions, but on personal qualities.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.