Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.

The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.