It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

Resistance to oppression is second nature.

To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

He who is penitent is almost innocent.

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.