Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart.

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals.

The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.

I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another--"And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" "Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth.

Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.