A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.

What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women.

We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.

There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.

The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.

A rush of thoughts is the only conceivable prosperity that can come to us.

The gentleman is a man of truth.