Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

It is essential to the triumph of reform that it should never succeed.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.