There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

Those who have the largest hearts have the soundest understandings; and they are the truest philosophers who can forget themselves.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not the less necessary because we neither see nor feel it.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.