No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know can any work be humble...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.
