The way to learn German, is, to read the same dozen pages over and over a hundred times, till you know every word and particle in them, and can pronounce and repeat them by heart.

Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

Economy does not consist in saving the coal, but in using the time while it burns.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.