“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”

“For a hundred that can bear adversity, there is hardly one that can bear prosperity.”

“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with”

“Great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him.”

“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.”

“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are”

“(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete refinement must be made to reflect.”