Political freedom is, or ought to be, the best guaranty for the safety and continuance of spiritual, mental, and civil freedom. It is the combination of numbers to secure the liberty to each one.

Jewelry and profuse ornaments are unmistakable evidences of vulgarity.

Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.

Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect.

Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.

Women love energy and grand results.

He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.