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.

For there is no folly so great as keeping one's sorrows hidden.

She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

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

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.