By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.

If a person lost would conclude that after all he is not lost, he is not beside himself, but standing in his own old shoes on thevery spot where he is, and that for the time being he will live there; but the places that have known him, they are lost,--how much anxiety and danger would vanish.

Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements.

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

If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.

To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.

There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.