The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.

There the great Planter plants Of fruitful worlds the grain, And with a million spells enchants The souls that walk in pain.

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me.

Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building.

America is another name for opportunity.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.