To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
Happy the people whose annals are vacant.
Worship is transcendent wonder.
If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.