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

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

We owe to man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man, man.

Religion is as effectively destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.

It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated.

In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural thing in the world, and grew out of the circumstances of the moment.

You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.