The sunset glow of self-possession.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.

We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.