“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
“There is a crack in everything God has made.”
“The years teach us much the days never knew.”
“The greatest man in history was the poorest.”
“You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.”
“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”
“There is properly no history; only biography.”
“'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.”
“The world is his who has money to go over it.”
“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?.”
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
“Science does not know its debt to imagination.”
“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.”
“There is always a best way of doing everything.”
“Every man is an impossibility until he is born.”
“It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.”
“A good indignation brings out all one's powers.”
“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 faith that stands on authority is not faith.”
“The greatest genius is the most indebted person.”