A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

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Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.

Compliments are only lies in court clothes.