Mellow nuts have the hardest rind.

God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

All is possible for those who dare to die!

Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.

But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.

He that follows the advice of reason has a mind that is elevated above the reach of injury; that sits above the clouds, in a calm and quiet ether, and with a brave indifferency hears the rolling thunders grumble and burst under his feet.