There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience, but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.

The science of Humboldt is one thing, poetry is another thing. The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer.

I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary.

A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused.

The other side of the globe is but the home of our correspondent. Our voyaging is only great-circle sailing.