As the flower is before the fruit, so is faith before good works.

Anger requires that the offender should not only be made to grieve in his turn, but to grieve for that particular wrong which has been done by him.

Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.

He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.