The never-ending task of self improvement.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

To a physician, each man, each woman, is an amplification of one organ.

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

My gentleman gives the law where he is; he will outpray saints in chapel, outgeneral veterans in the field, and outshine all courtesy in the hall. He is good company for pirates, and good with academicians; so that it is useless to fortify yourself against him; he has the private entrance to all minds, and I could as easily exclude myself, as him.

The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in the human voice when it speaks from its instant life tones of tenderness, truth, or courage.