When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

Insist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

Our expenses are all for conformity.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.