No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

What a glut of books! Who can read them?

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.