“Small debts are like small shot they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon of loud noise, but little danger.”
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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
