A man of fine perceptions is more truly feminine than a merely sentimental woman.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.

Such were garrulous and noisy eras, which no longer yield any sound, but the Grecian or silent and melodious era is ever soundingand resounding in the ears of men.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.

I would not have any one adopt my mode of living on any account.