He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong.

Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to suspect our own.

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.