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

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

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.

The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.

The selection of a subject is to the author what choice of position is to the general,--once skilfully determined, the battle is already half won. Of a few writers it may be said that they are popular in despite of their subjects--but of a great many more it may be observed that they are popular because of them.

Books are embalmed minds.