Polite beggary is too common.

Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.

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.

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.