There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

We submit to the society of those that can inform us, but we seek the society of those whom we can inform. And men of genius ought not to be chagrined if they see themselves neglected. For when we communicate knowledge, we are raised in our own estimation; but when we receive it, we are lowered.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

We make a goddess of Fortune ... and place her in the highest heaven. But it is not fortune that is exalted and powerful, but we ourselves that are abject and weak.

To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic of true taste and feeling is what no man without genius could be if he would.

A hug is worth a thousand words.