“ By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft
“ Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement George Bancroft
“ The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. George Bancroft
“ The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority. George Bancroft
“ Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. George Bancroft
