As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.

Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.

You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

Applause abates diligence.