Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a greater share of invention, but from not being nice in the choice of expedients.

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.

Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.

Habit is necessary to give power.

We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.