The only training for the heroic is the mundane.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

Water and oil, simply considered, are capable of giving some pleasure to the taste. Water, when simple, is insipid, inodorous, colorless, and smooth; it is found, when not cold, to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres; this power it probably owes to its smoothness.