Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

A work of real merit finds favor at last.

Nor is a day lived if the dawn is left out of it, with the prospects it opens. Who speaks charmingly of nature or of mankind, like him who comes bibulous of sunrise and the fountains of waters?

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration.

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.