It is a tie between men to have read the same book.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

I unsettle all things.