Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

He also has energy who cannot be deprived of it.

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.

His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.