Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.