The public seldom forgive twice.

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man

Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.