Abuse is an indirect species of homage.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers.

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.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.