The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"--he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.

It is the veiled angel of sorrow who plucks away one thing and another that bound us here in ease and security, and, in the vanishing of these dear objects, indicates the true home of our affections and our peace.

No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.

Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.

Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.