No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

I have observed that as long as one lives and bestirs himself, he can always find food and raiment, though it may not be of the choicest description.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.

Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.