| We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. |
| Better late than never. |
| There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. |
| Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. |
| I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them. |
| In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. |
| Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. |
| Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. |
| The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. |
| Greater is our terror of the unknown. |
