Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.

Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain

A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.