What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

Action has magic, grace and power in it.

It is much easier to meet with error than to find truth; error is on the surface, and can be more easily met with; truth is hid in great depths, the way to seek does not appear to all the world.

It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.

Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.

Habit is the most imperious of all masters.

If in the infinite you want to stride, Just walk in the finite to every side.