We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.

All art is an imitation of nature.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.