It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.

Justice, not the majority, should rule.

We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.

Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.

Next to faith in God, is faith in labor.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Constant companionship is not enjoyable, any more than constant eating. We sit too long at the table of friendship, when we outsit our appetites for each other's thoughts.