He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action

We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy

It is delivery that makes the orators success.