The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.

Sooner mayest thou trust thy pocket to a pickpocket than give loyal friendship to the man who boasts of eyes to the heart never mounts in dew! Only when man weeps he should be alone, not because tears are weak, but they should be secret. Tears are akin to prayer,--Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.

It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden property, whether in the metal or the mind.

Expression is the mystery of beauty.

Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.