If Nature be not improved by instruction, it is blind; if instruction be not assisted by Nature, it is maimed; and if exercise fail of the assistance of both, it is imperfect.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

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.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

I see the cure is not worth the pain.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.