“By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger”

“Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

“unless we learn to do our duty to those whom we employ, they will never learn to do their duty to us”

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”

“Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our own interest, can make ourselves believe that reasons exist which compel us to it as a duty.”

“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. ”