The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.

No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.