The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.