To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.

Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

Liberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

The vices are never so well employed as in combating one another.