It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.
Something that can never be learnt too thoroughly can never be said too often.
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.
We learn not for life but for the debating-room.
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.
He is greedy of life who is not willing to die when the world is perishing around him.
The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.
Virtue is nothing else than right reason
Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
Revenge is an inhuman word.
Truth never perishes.
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
It is a common thing to screw up justice to the pitch of an injury. A man may be over-righteous, and why not over-grateful, too? There is a mischievous excess that borders so close upon ingratitude that it is no easy matter to distinguish the one from the other; but, in regard that there is good-will in the bottom of it, however distempered; for it is effectually but kindness out of the wits.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.
The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
If I only have the will to be grateful, I am so.
