A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
Henry Ward BeecherConceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.
Henry Ward BeecherIntelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
Henry Ward Beecher