Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.
The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.
When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.
Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.