Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

I inherited a vile melancholy from my father, which has made me mad all my life, at least not sober.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

No man should attempt to teach others what he has never learned himself

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

We must consider how very little history there is--I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy, of history is conjecture.

Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms together, and you have St. Paul's Church. So it is with human felicity, which is made up of many ingredients, each of which may be shown to be very insignificant.