It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game.

Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.

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.