“ Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. ”

“ Well begun is half done. ”

“ Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. ”

“ Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. ”

“ Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided. ”

“ In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. ”

“ Wit is educated insolence. ”

“ Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ”

“ The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. ”

“ A friend to all is a friend to none. ”