The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature -if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you -know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse.

There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.