"To be ourselves is the most difficult thing in life."

"The greatest evil is not to be good, but to be bad when one has the power to be good."

"As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost."

"Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Author of Nature; but everything degenerates in the hands of man."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."