The past is the sepulchre of our dead emotions.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Vanity in an old man is charming. It is a proof of an open, nature. Eighty winters have not frozen him up, or taught him concealments. In a young person it is simply allowable; we do not expect him to be above it.

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

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

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.