One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Death's dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.