Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

The poor are the blacks of Europe.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.

Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.

How many fools does it take to make up a public?