Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he will have his labor to renew. A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing.

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.

To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.