No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.