There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.
We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.
Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.
The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.