Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.
Accident is veiled necessity.
Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.
To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.
Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.
It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united.