Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz: The mind and soul of man.

It is, the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our race. In their welfare is ours, and by choosing the broadest paths to effect their happiness we choose the surest and the shortest to our own.

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

Love is a very contradiction of all the elements of our ordinary nature -- it makes the proud man meek -- the cheerful, sad -- the high-spirited, tame; our strongest resolutions, our hardiest energy fail before it. Believe me, you cannot prophesy of its future effect in a man from any knowledge of his past character.