Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.

Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.

Tis good-will makes intelligence.

We thirst for approbation, yet cannot forgive the approver.

The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.