Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark.

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

When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.