Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn