Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a perverse delight in opposite things.