He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.

In love we do not think of moral qualities, and scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament and manner alone, with beauty, excite love.

The truth is, we pamper little griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can.

Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.

The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.

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

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.