If we wish ourselves to be high, we should treat that which is over us as high.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.