Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.

Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.

A sceptical young man one day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed that he would believe nothing which he could not understand. "Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know."

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports.