Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

Fear is the soul's signal for rallying.

Books are the true metempsychosis,--they are the symbol and presage of immortality. The dead men are scattered, and none shall find them. Behold they are here! they do but sleep.

Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.