Duty cannot exist without faith

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career.

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.