The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
Men who marry wives very much superior to themselves are not so truly husbands to their wives as they are unawares made slaves to their position.
When malice is joined to envy, there is given forth poisonous and feculent matter, as ink from the cuttle-fish.
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.