What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

All that we do is done with an eye to something else.

It is easy to fly into a passion-anybody can do that-but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way-that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms?

The aim of art is not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Beauty is a gift of God.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.

Think like a wise man, but communicate in the language of the people.

I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.