Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.