The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.

Prudery is ignorance.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.

And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.