A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

It is a glorious fever, desire to know.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.