Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

He who wants, but doesn't act, is a pest.

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.