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

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

Make not thyself the judge of any man.

The Mormons make the marriage ring, like the ring of Saturn, fluid, not solid, and keep it in its place by numerous satellites.

And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox.

I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon, In the round-tower of my heart, And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in the dust away!

Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine.