Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Jane PorterDr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.
Jane PorterMagnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.
Jane Porter