Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Fear, prejudice, malice, and the love of approbation bribe a thousand men where gold bribes one.

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.