Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.

Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung.

Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a great task for me to correct it; and wilt thou be pleased to correct it for me, that I may get along easier?" If prayer was answered under such circumstances, independent of action of natural laws, it would be paying a premium on indolence.