It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence.

In a mist the heights can for the most part see each other; but the valleys cannot.

It is said that Windham, when he came to the end of a speech, often found himself so perplexed by his own subtlety that he hardly knew which way he was going to give his vote. This is a good illustration of the fallaciousness of reasoning, and of the uncertainties which attend its practical application.

We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.

The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.