The highest cannot be spoken; it can only be acted.
Habit is the most imperious of all masters.
Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.
The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.