The heroic example of other days is in great part the source of the courage of each generation; and men walk up composedly to the most perilous enterprises, beckoned onward by the shades of the brave that were.

A sceptical young man one day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed that he would believe nothing which he could not understand. "Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know."

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.

Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man.

It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.