Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.—Emerson.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.—Bacon.
Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge; and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.—Channing.
To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,—this is the mark and character of intelligence.—Emerson.
Intemperance.—A man may choose whether he will have abstemiousness and knowledge, or claret and ignorance.—Dr. Johnson.
Intemperance weaves the winding-sheet of souls.—John B. Gough.
Drunkenness calls off the watchman from the towers; and then all the evils that proceed from a loose heart, an untied tongue, and a dissolute spirit, we put upon its account.—Jeremy Taylor.
It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.—Atterbury.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.—Proverbs 23:29-32.
O, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!—Shakespeare.