He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

Grief alone can teach us what is man.

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth." And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.