The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.