The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression