Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.

The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.

Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.

Love is more just than justice.

Every city should make the common school so rich, so large, so ample, so beautiful in its endowments, and so fruitful in its results, that a private school will not be able to live under the drip of it.