A man should not go where he cannot carry his whole sphere or society with him,Mnot bodily, the whole circle of his friends, but atmospherically. He should preserve in a new company the same attitude of mind and reality of relation, which his daily associates draw him to, else he is shorn of his best beams, and will be an orphan in the merriest club.

Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces, which expose the whole movement.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, mettle and bottom.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.