The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

Whatever poets may write, or fools believe, of rural innocence and truth, and of the perfidy of courts, this is most undoubtedly true,--that shepherds and ministers are both men; their natures and passions the same, the modes of them only different.

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.