Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.