We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Within, I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.

Nature tells every secret once.

Justice satisfies everybody, and justice alone.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom.

There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it.