The mark of a man of the world is absence of pretension.

The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.

The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train.

The first and last lesson of religion is, "The things that are seen, are temporal; the things that are unseen, are eternal." It puts an affront upon nature.