Men are respectable only as they respect.

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.