Despair makes victims sometimes victors.

Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

In one of the Welsh counties is a small village called A-----. It is somewhat removed from the high road, and is, therefore, but little known to those luxurious amateurs of the picturesque, who view nature through the windows of a carriage and four.

There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home.

Expression is the mystery of beauty.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.