Courage is like the diamond,--very brilliant; not changed by fire, capable of high polish, but except for the purpose of cutting hard bodies useless.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set.

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.

Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the other; but he that would paint with his pencil must study originals, and not be over-fearful of a little dust.