We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful.
Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.
Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.
Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.