The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defence.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee, we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

A horse that can count to ten is remarkable, not a remarkable mathematician.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of a return to kindness or decency.

The future is purchased by the present.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.