Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.

Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them; they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.