Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity.
Whatever is, is right.
No writing is good that does not tend to better mankind in some way or other.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.