"He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong."

"The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong eno…"

"A book should be luminous but not voluminous."

"There is probably no hell for authors in the next world — they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this."

"Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by…"

"Loose ideas on the subject of business will not answer. It must be reduced to something of a science. It has its prin…"

"There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate."

"Perhaps no man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions, it may be said, are as necessary to our happiness…"

"Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it…"

"Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection,—these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss."