Quotes

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

'Tis Education forms the common mind, Just as the Twig is bent, the Tree's inclin'd.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.