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

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

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

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.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.