A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.

An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

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

Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.