The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

Men practice war; beasts do not.

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.