Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

A prudent consideration for Number One.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

Expression is the mystery of beauty.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

It is, the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our race. In their welfare is ours, and by choosing the broadest paths to effect their happiness we choose the surest and the shortest to our own.