Every man loves and admires his own country because it produced him.

The haughty woman who can stand alone, and requires no leaning-place in our hearts, loses the spell of her sex.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

Love creates, love cements, love enters and harmonizes all things.

Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.