The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.

Make the most of the day, by determining to spend it on two sorts of acquaintances only--those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something may be learned.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.

When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.