Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.
