A person seldom falls sick but the bystanders are animated with a faint hope that he will die.

Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth.

When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatness, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.

Genius is power, talent is applicability.