There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.

Of all insults, the temporary condescension of a master to a slave is the most outrageous and galling. That potentate who most condescends, mark him well; for that potentate, if occasion come, will prove your uttermost tyrant.

All the world over, the picturesque yields to the pocketesque.

Beware the People weeping When they bare the iron hand.

Whatever has made, or does make, or may make music, should be held sacred as the golden bridle-bit of the Shah of Persia's horse,and the golden hammer, with which his hoofs are shod.

Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.

Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.