There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it.
The schoolmaster is termed, classically, Ludi Magister, because he deprives boys of their play.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.