O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!

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

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.

Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.