It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born within every man the germs of both virtue and vice. The development of one or the other is contingent upon circumstances.

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

True repentance also involves reform.

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.