The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

The sublimity connected with vastness, is familiar to every eye.

Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense, and but half-tenanted territories of the United-States.

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.