Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.
Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.