The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Some must follow and some command, through all are made oclay.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Death is better than disease.