it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody

What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.

Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.