The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.

Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.