Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.

He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

A good resolve will make any port.

Anger is a brief lunacy.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.