We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
Be not solitary, be not idle
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.