Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Courage consists in equality to the problem before us.

Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.

I grieve that grief can teach me nothing, nor carry me one step into real nature.

The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.

Wherever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter.

Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.