Words are feminine; deeds are masculine.

Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.

Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may be felt in the old scenes of your triumph, while the novelty of your powers wins applause in the new.

Life is a warfare against the malice of others.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

Always act as if you were seen.