How happy he who can still hope to lift himself from this sea of error! What we know not, that we are anxious to possess, and cannot use what we know.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.

I am what I am, so take me as I am!.

To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.