The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. Christian Bovee A little praise Goes a great ways.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.

The Roman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was, "All summer in the field, and all winter in the study." And it seems as if a man should learn to plant, or to fish, or to hunt, that he might secure his subsistence at all events, and not be painful to his friends and fellow men.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to seserve that you should.

The best of life is conversation.