Vision is seeing the invisible.

Hereditary right should be kept sacred, not from any inalienable right in a particular family, but to avoid the consequences that usually attend the ambition of competitors.

Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

We have an intuitive sense of our duty.

The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.