. . . nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities.
If my superiors shall permit me to come home, I hope it will be soon; if they mean I should stay abroad, I am not able to say what I shall do, until I know in what capacity. One thing is certain, that I will not live long without my family.
once a policy, like a set of steel rails, had been laid down for him by his superiors, his obedience ran along it unswerving.
Becoming is superior to being.
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.