No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love.
Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. and the love of knowledge, in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of passions and vices.
Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.