Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.

We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.

Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.