Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design;--and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients.

My companion assumes to know my mood and habit of thought, and we go on from explanation to explanation, until all is said that words can, and we leave matters just as they were at first, because of that vicious assumption.

Nature hates calculators.