A modest man is steady, a humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.
By...false politeness, sincerity is sacrificed, and truth violated.
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
No man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Situation seems to be the mold in which men's characters are formed.
Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable, and life is more than a dream.
The endeavor to keep alive any hoary establishment beyond its natural date is often pernicious and always useless.
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized.
