The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny

Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.

Honest men are the gentlemen of nature.