"Better late than never."

"War is just to those to whom war is necessary."

"In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest."

"Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes."

"I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them."

"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."

"Be still sad heart and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining, Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life a little rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary."

"While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again."

"Keen at the start, but careless at the end."

"There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

"My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential."

"I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another."