Many very intelligent agreeable persons have warts on the forehead, not brown, nor very large, between the eyebrows, which have nothing in them offensive or disgusting. - But a large brown wart on the upper lip, especially when it is bristly, will be found in no person who is not defective in something essential, or at least remarkable for some conspicuous failing.

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.

The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.

Conscience is wiser than science.