Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.

Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.