A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.

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

Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

Out of politics comes more uproar than progress. It is indeed surprising how little, comparatively, this noisy department of human affairs contributes to the world's prosperity. Political commotions upon the grandest scale, political events of astounding suddenness, political characters of the greatest ability, abound, but still, permanent results are rare, and we look in vain for a measure of public good corresponding in extent to the hideous rout which ushers it in. Progress but turns upon its pillow, and goes to sleep again.

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