The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession.

To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

An obedient wife commands her husband.