Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

He who has lived a day has lived an age.

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.