You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth.

The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.