An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.