The brave man braves nothing, nor knows he of his bravery.

We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.

Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint, for they have carried their own serene and celestial atmosphere into all lands to protect them against the corrosion of time.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

It must be confessed that horses at present work too exclusively for men, rarely men for horses; and the brute degenerates in man's society.