As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.

Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.

A man's ancestry is a positive property to him.

We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.

When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.

Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his specialty alone.

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.