A writer who obtains his full purpose loses himself in his own lustre.

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.

That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.

Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.

The perfect day for quitting is not real. It will never come, so might as well start today

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.