Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

The curse of the great is ennui.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul and honor do not run a terrible risk if you limp into life with the load of a debt on your shoulders.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.