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.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities.

Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.

So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.