We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better.
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.
The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.
Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.
Gentleness is the outgrowth of benignity.