Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

Injustice arises either from precipitation, or indolence, or from a mixture of both. - The rapid and slow are seldom just; the unjust wait either not at all, or wait too long.

Softness of smile indicates softness of character.