Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Ignorance never settles a question.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.