Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.

Nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations.

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.

The persons who constitute the natural aristocracy, are not found in the actual aristocracy, or, only on its edge; as the chemicalenergy of the spectrum is found to be greatest just outside of the spectrum.

What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.