Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

For we walk by faith, not by sight

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable,is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom.

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.

If you buy what you do not need, you will need what you cannot buy.