Bright and illustrious illusions!

Life, that ever needs forgiveness, has, for its first duty, to forgive.

Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.

But never yet the dog our country fed, Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.

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.

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

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.