In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

The food of hope is meditative action.

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear.

Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs.

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.