Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind but great actions speak to all mankind.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
