“There is properly no history; only biography.”
“'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.”
“That man is idle who can do something better.”
“Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.”
“Valor consists in the power of self recovery.”
“Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.”
“Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.”
“Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.”
“Nothing external to you has any power over you.”
“Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.”
“Every man is an impossibility until he is born.”
“It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.”
“The creation of a thousand forest in one acorn.”
“Every revolution was first a thought in one man”
“Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.”
“Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.”
“The course of everything goes to teach us faith.”
“The greatest genius is the most indebted person.”
“Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay,”
“No man can help another without helping himself.”
“Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.”
“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.”
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
“What is the hardest thing in the world? To think.”
“The line of beauty is the line of perfect economy.”
“Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.”
“Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.”
“We do what we must, and call it by the best names.”
“The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.”