The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.