It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought! Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; we build where monsters used to hide themselves.

"Do not fear! Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land!"

Make not thyself the judge of any man.

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.

The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend.

Art is the child of Nature.

Youth comes but once a life time. Perhaps, but it remains strong in many for their entire lives.