Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
The part of life which we really live is short.
He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.