To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment.

Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is known to have at his command all the weapons of invective is most formidable when most courteous.

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.

Love is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.