Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow-men as a natural food.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.