How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems."

"The three indispensables of genius are understanding, feeling, and perseverance. The three things that enrich genius are contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and exercising the memory."

"Ambition is an idol, on whose wings
Great minds are carried only to extreme;
To be sublimely great or to be nothing."

"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."

"Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life."