Women have a less accurate measure of time than men; there is a clock in Adam, none in Eve.

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue.

The Sun is the sole inconsumable fireAnd God is the sole inexhaustible Giver.

It is handsomer to remain in the establishment better than the establishment, and conduct that in the best manner, than to make asally against evil by some single improvement, without supporting it by a total regeneration.

Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.