Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.

Crime generally punishes itself.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.

Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.