Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself

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

What an ornament and safeguard is humor! Far better than wit for a poet and writer. It is a genius itself, and so defends from the insanities.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.