We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

You have a place to live in this world which no other man can occupy; hence no competitors.

The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night, are transparent, and the everlasting stars shine through, with attractive beams.

How much finer things are in composition than alone.

The rain comes when the wind calls.