You know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

No really great man ever thought himself so.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

The more we do, the more we can do; the busier we are, the more leisure we have.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.