It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another.