Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.
Isaac WattsA hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.
Isaac Watts