The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.

The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, the consoler of my sorrows, the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time, the telescope went from heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world.

Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility.

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

Live as if you already are what you wish to become.