Seek always for the best words and the happiest expression you can find.

I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it.

People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your friends; and there is a Spanish proverb which says vry justly, 'Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.'

Remember that whatever knowledge you do not solidly lay the foundation of before you are eighteen, you will never be master of while you breathe.

Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.