Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

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

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.

Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.

At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue.

Labour is the purgatory of the erring.