Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.

The same refinement which brings us new pleasures exposes us to new pains.

Money is a terrible blab; she will betray the secrets of her owner, whatever he do to gag her. His virtues will creep out in her whisper; his vices she will cry aloud at the top of her tongue.

Read to live, not live to read.

Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.