A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.

The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.

Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a relish for polite learning; and they are those which a sour undistinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.