Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

Bodies are cleansed by water; the mind is purified by truth.

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

Avoid witticisms at the expense of others.

The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It is like the letting out of waters-where a drop can go, a river can go. Whoever yields to temptation, subjects himself to the law of falling bodies.