To-day, to-morrow, every day, to thousands the end of the world is close at hand. And why should we fear it? We walk here, as it were, in the crypts of life; at times, from the great cathedral above us, we can hear the organ and the chanting choir; we see the light stream through the open door, when some friend goes up before us; and shall we fear to mount the narrow staircase of the grave that leads us out of this uncertain twilight into life eternal?

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

Resolve and thou art free.