A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.

Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.