That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their self-love.

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.

A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it.

Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.