People hate who makes you feel one's inferiority.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age

Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

The heart has such an influence over the understanding, that it is worth while to engage it in our interest.

Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words.