Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

You can make a good living from soothsaying but not from truthsaying.

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.

There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.