The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.

It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.

Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.