A man who is determined never to move out of the beaten road cannot lose his way.
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.
We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or an equal. Hence ridicule is sure to prevail over truth, for the malice of mankind, thrown into the scale, gives the casting weight.
Abuse is an indirect species of homage.
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.