Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.

True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.

The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.

The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.