Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.

I love victory, but I love not triumph.

Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. The law of contrasts is one of the laws of beauty. Under the conditions of our climate, shadow gives light its worth; sternness enhances mildness; solemnity, splendor. Varying proportions of size support and subserve one another.

The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.

One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.