“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”

“Our ideals are our better selves”

“Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine”

“The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul”

“Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble”

“Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false”