Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.
An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Children are what the mothers are.