The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.

Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement.

It is easier taking the beaten path than making our way over bogs and precipices. The great difficulty in philosophy is to come to every question with a mind fresh and unshackled by former theories, though strengthened by exercise and information.

We trifle with, make sport of, and despise those who are attached to us, and follow those that fly from us.