Men have come to such a pass that they frequently starve, not for want of necessaries, but for want of luxuries.
I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me.
Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.
I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.