I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.

In general those parents have the most reverence who most deserve it; for he that lives well cannot be despised.

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.