Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

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.

It is the cringer to his equal that is chiefly seen bold to his God.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.

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