In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other reward

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.