It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.