James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

G. S. Hillard

A great man living for high ends is the divinest thing that can be seen on earth.

Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people.

Life is but another name for action; and he who is without opportunity exists, but does not live.

Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.

Nothing is more binding than the friendship of companions-in-arms.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.