I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!

The object of love expands and grows before us to eternity, until it includes all that is lovely, and we become all that can love.

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

To one who habitually endeavors to contemplate the true state of things, the political state can hardly be said to have any existence whatever. It is unreal, incredible, and insignificant to him, and for him to endeavor to extract the truth from such lean material is like making sugar from linen rags, when sugar-cane may be had.

On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.

Nature is an admirable schoolmistress.