Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it

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.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.