"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens."

"Ignorance never settles a question."

"The greatest successes are those that are achieved for the benefit of others."

"Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures."

"A dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which had, up to this moment, been in an obscure stable, suddenly burst upon the field, and, rushing past the grandstand, was hailed a winner."