A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.

Constant companionship is not enjoyable, any more than constant eating. We sit too long at the table of friendship, when we outsit our appetites for each other's thoughts.

As many suffer from too much as too little.

Character is very much a matter of health.

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