Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.