The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is some one outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; some one strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention, moving independent of the ordinary currents of human action.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

But on the whole it is wise in human affairs, and in the government of men, to separate pomp from power.

One mark of a great man is the power of making lasting impressions upon people he meets.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.