Nature doesn’t have waste—everything is food for something else.

The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance.

Be scrupulously truthful, even when truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.

I might be in love with you. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.