To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Let the beautiful laws prevail. Let us not weary ourselves by resisting them.

The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further off, the nearer the surface. The nearer home, the deeper.

What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.

He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

We perceive that the schemers return again and again to common sense and labor. Such is the evidence of history.