That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another s. We see so much only as we possess.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it! Is the scholastic air any advantage?

The monster is never just there where we think he is. What is truly monstrous is our cowardice and sloth.

When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants.

Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.