INTELLECT.
The intellect has only one failing, which to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience. Napoleon is the readiest instance of this. If his heart had borne any proportion to his brain, he had been one of the greatest men of history.
She should be my counsellor,
But not my tyrant. For the spirit needs
Impulses from a deeper source than hers;
And there are motions, in the mind of man,
That she must look upon with awe.
Every thing connected with intellect is permanent.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think.
INTEMPERANCE.
Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.
Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.
Oh, that men should put an enemy in
Their mouths, to steal away their brains.
