“Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.”
“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.”
“Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.”
“Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?”
“Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.”
“Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.”