Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.
The public must and will be served.
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.