That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.

Certain I am that every author who has written a book with earnest forethought and fondly cherished designs will bear testimony to the fact that much which he meant to convey has never been guessed at in any review of his work; and many a delicate beauty of thought, on which he principally valued himself, remains, like the statue of Isis, an image of truth from which no hand lifts the veil.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

In the hour of strait and need, we measure men's stature not by the body, but the soul!

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

When the world frowns, we can face it; but let it smile, and we are undone.