We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!

Doubtless, we are as slow to conceive of Paradise as of Heaven, of a perfect natural as of a perfect spiritual world. We see how past ages have loitered and erred. "Is perhaps our generation free from irrationality and error? Have we perhaps reached now the summit of human wisdom, and need no more to look out for mental or physical improvement?" Undoubtedly, we are never so visionary as to be prepared for what the next hour may bring forth.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day and more rays will not interfere with the first.