Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

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

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.