Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances.

A good conscience is eight parts of courage.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation.

Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy.

Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.