Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

History should be written as philosophy.

Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.