Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.

Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.

God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.

The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself.

The nurse of full-grown souls is solitude.