How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.

There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.

In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine, and the medical student learned enough of them. Now, however, chemistry and botany are become sciences of themselves, incapable of comprehension by a hasty survey, and each demanding the study of a whole life, yet we expect the medical student to understand them. He who is prudent, accordingly declines all distracting claims upon his time, and limits himself to a single branch and becomes expert in one thing.