Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past.
Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
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.
The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study.
The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.