Steady of heart and stout of hand.

Mankind — the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.

Those who follow the banners oreason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling show than the light troops commanded by imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honor, in the conflicts ohuman life.

The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the authority of others.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.