There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.