To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas

To be forgotten is to sleep in peace with the undisturbed myriads, no longer subject to the chills and heats, the blasts, the sleet, the dust, which assail in endless succession that shadow of a man which we call his reputation.

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.