"Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes."

"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."

"We become what we think about all day long."

"Don't SAY things. What you ARE stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary."

"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."

"Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit."

"After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done."

"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water."

"Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits."

"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."

"I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning."

"We are always in our own company."