Receive no satisfaction for premeditated impertinence - forget it, forgive it - but keep him inexorably at a distance who of∣fered it.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

The public seldom forgive twice.

The conscience is more wise than science.

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

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.