The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.
The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.