The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.

Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.