The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.

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

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character; in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.

True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.

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

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.