The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.
Habit is necessary to give power.
Envy is littleness of soul.
Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.