A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.
Do noble things, not dream them all day long.