The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

The principle part of faith is patience.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.