A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

Hobbies should be wives, not mistresses. It will not do to have more than one at a time. One hobby leads you out of extravagance; a team of hobbies you cannot drive till you are rich enough to find corn for them all. Few men are rich enough for that.

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.

Money is a terrible blab; she will betray the secrets of her owner, whatever he do to gag her. His virtues will creep out in her whisper; his vices she will cry aloud at the top of her tongue.

The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.

When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.