Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it
Words are the only things that last for ever.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.