Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity.

We are born poets. we become orators.

An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.

Let reason govern desire.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.