Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.

A nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.