[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.

Thus inevitably does the universe wear our color, and every object fall successively into the subject itself. The subject exists, the subject enlarges; all things sooner or later fall into place. As I am, so I see; use what language we will, we can never say anything but what we are.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.