It is the large aggregate of small things perpetually occurring that robs me of all my time. The expense of learning to read might have been spared in my education, for I never read.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

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.

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.

parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.

All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.