An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good.

It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!