We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate more than they do.