Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

Giving style to one's character-a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.

I have stated, that in the thirteen species of ground-finches, a nearly perfect gradation may be traced, from a beak extraordinarily thick, to one so fine, that it may be compared to that of a warbler.

The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

The poison by which the weaker nature is destroyed is strengthening to the strong individual and he does not call it poison.