Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light.
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
The highest end of government is the culture of men.
Ability without honor has no value.
Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles.