It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.