He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.

Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.

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.

All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.

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

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.