Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.

A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it.

Husband and wife,--so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together!

The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study.

Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.

Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.