Every man is grave alone.

There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest, good men.

All diseases run into one, old age.

We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns.

The eye obeys exactly the action of the mind.

It is proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.

Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.

Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts.