Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice.

Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man.

He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.