Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.

I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.

Despair makes victims sometimes victors.

We must remember how apt man is to extremes--rushing from credulity and weakness to suspicion and distrust.

The circle of life is cut up into segments. All lines are equal if they are drawn from the centre and touch the circumference.

Oratory, like the drama, abhors lengthiness; like the drama, it must keep doing. It avoids, as frigid, prolonged metaphysical soliloquy. Beauties themselves, if they delay or distract the effect which should be produced on the audience, become blemishes.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.