Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.

In all church discussions we are apt to forget the second Testament is avowedly only a supplement. Jesus came to complete the law and the prophets. Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing. Christianity is incomprehensible without Judaism, as Judaism is incomplete without Christianity.