A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.

Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.