A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.