Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long.

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.

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.