If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I.
Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.
Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.
All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind.
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.