“We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued”

“Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay”

“The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned”

“If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable”

“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”

“There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool”