The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he...

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

God protects those he loves from worthless reading.

Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.