“Progress is the law of life, man is not man as yet”

“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others”

“The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves”

“The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes”

“For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, and hope and fear, believe the aged friend, is just a chance o' the prize of learning love”

“The only fault's with time; all men become good creatures: but so slow!”