James Freeman Clarke Quotes

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.

Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you.

A politician thinks of the next election a statesman of the next generation.

The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always though in the midst of sorrows and possess all things though destitute of everything.