There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

To feel that your hours are filled to overflowing, that you can barely steal minutes enough for sleep, that the welfare of many is entrusted to you, that the world looks on and approves, that some good is always being done to others -- above all things some good to your country; -- that is happiness.

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.

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.