Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.