No man is so great as mankind.

The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker.

The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.

Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.

What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind.

The duty of labor is written on a man's body: in the stout muscle of the arm,, and the delicate machinery of the hand.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.