People naturally despise a dependant.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.