Good humor is the sunshine of the mind.

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

They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.

Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

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

Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.