Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Political men, like goats, usually thrive best among inequalities.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Hope is the mother of faith.

Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear; Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.