The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

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

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.