Perish discretion, when it interferes With duty!
The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.
Names govern the world.
A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed.
Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.
When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.