Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Beauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love.

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.