"Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound"

         "History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

         "We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it."

         "We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough."