People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

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

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

The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

Man hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.