We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.

What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.

Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the heart of his beloved, there also he must perish.

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.

If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.