If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man.

Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

Self-command is the main elegance.

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.