Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.

In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of it.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.