Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.