In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.