Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

The good man makes others good.

Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.

The truth sometimes not sought for comes forth to the light.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.