Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.

We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion of their poetic value than we.

We seem to have forgotten that the expression "a liberal education" originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of trades and professions by which to get your livelihood merely, was considered worthy of slaves only. But taking a hint from the word, I would go a step further and say, that it is not the man of wealth and leisure simply, though devoted to art, or science, or literature, who, in a true sense, is liberally educated, but only the earnest and free man.

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

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

The Great Snow! How cheerful it is to hear of!