Be not solitary, be not idle

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.

What a glut of books! Who can read them?

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

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

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

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