"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor."

"There is no index of character so sure as the voice."

"The greatest pains to human nature are the pains of patience."

"I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole."

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been, the more accurate will be his judgment of what is to be."