“But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.”

“He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.”

“And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him.”

“He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.”

“For of fortunes sharpe adversite, The worst kind of infortune is this,-- A man that hath been in…”

“The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank,…”