A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom "opinion" than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed the churchyard at dark.

Fate whirls on the bark, and the rough gale sweeps from the rising tide the lazy calm of thought.

The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, / Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed / Ere it gives forth the fragrance you wish to extract.

Our very wretchedness grows dear to us when suffering for one we love.

The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

The fewer blows, the better. Brave men fight if they must; wise men never fight if they can help it.