Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.