Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress of Truth, as the grim statues of Copan have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest-trees, whose seeds were sown by the wind in the ruined walls.

The atmosphere breathes rest and comfort, and the many chambers seem full of welcomes.

Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night!

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.