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

The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.

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.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.

A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.