The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.

The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.

If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.

Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible.

He does most in God's great world who does his best in his own little world.

We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light.