For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

There are depths in man that go to the lowest hell, and heights that reach the highest heaven, for are not both heaven and hell made out of him, everlasting miracle and mystery that he is.

You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist - all he must learn are the two words "supply" and "demand."

Eternity looks grander and kinder if time grow meaner and more hostile.

No man is born without ambitious worldly desires.