The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

Learning without thought is labour lost.