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

Into a world unknown,-the corner-stone of a nation!

In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.