Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards - When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.

He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.