What is human is immortal!

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

The more a man desirous to pass at a value above his worth can contrast, by dignified silence, the garrulity of trivial minds, the more the world will give him credit for the wealth which he does not possess.

The Almighty proves his existence by creating.

The real truthfulness of all works of imagination, sculpture, painting, and written fiction, is so purely in the imagination, that the artist never seeks to represent positive truth, but the idealized image of a truth

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

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.