One example is worth a thousand arguments.

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

Thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a thousandfold of profit beyond your most sanguine dreams.

Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in manly character; and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn him against failure and trouble.

You cannot fight against future. Time is on its side.