The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the youthful man with an interest in himself; with a curiosity touching his own nature; to acquaint him with the resources of his mind, and to teach him that there is all his strength.

The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person.

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.

Pride eradicates all vices but itself.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.