The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

If you would judge, understand.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.