Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.

When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and pity, and wonder. If we receive news, that a hundred thousand dollars had been left them by some one dying, we should be thrown into an ecstasy of rejoicing; but when they have gone home to God, we stand, and mourn, and pine, and wonder at the mystery of Providence.

Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.

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

The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.

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