There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

The cruelest foe is a masked benefactor. The wars which make history so dreary have served the cause of truth and virtue.

Today is a king in disguise.

There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it.

In good company, the individuals merge their egotism into a social soul exactly co-extensive with the several consciousnesses there present.

Though we travel the world over to find beauty, we must carry it with us or we find it not . . . The difference between landscape and landscape is small, but there is a great difference in beholders.