No single character is ever so great that a nation can afford to form itself upon it. Imitation belittles. This appears in the instance of the Chinese. The Chinese are so many Confucii; in miniature. And so with the Jews. Moses, the lawgiver, is poorly represented by Moses, the old clothesman ; or even by Dives, the hanker.

Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.