The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.