Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; but ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome; ill at ease and out of place.

Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.