Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine--something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.

Steady work turns genius to a loom.

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

If I have read religious history aright, faith, hope, and charity have not always been found in a direct ratio with a sensibility to the three concords; and it is possible, thank heaven! to have very erroneous theories and very sublime feelings.

Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.