What is meant by a "knowledge of the world" is simply, an acquaintance with the infirmities of men

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

The world knows nothing of its greatest men

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind.