The relief that is afforded to mere want, as want, tends to increase that want.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

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

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'

As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies.

Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save the framing of a distinct Prescription.