Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.
To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.
False modesty is the most decent of all lies.
It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.
A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.