A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them.

Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.

Remorseless time! fierce spirit of the glass and scythe,--what power can stay him in his silent course, or melt his iron heart with pity!