Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?
The more we do, the more we can do.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken.
I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me.