Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

The voice is a human sound which nothing inanimate can perfectly imitate. It has an authority and an insinuating property which writing lacks. It is not merely so much air, but air modulated and impregnated with life.

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.