The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.

Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without denying that it is a talent of itself, it will suffice if we admit that it supplies the place of many talents.

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.

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

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

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.