It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what are called the Rights of Man become turbulent and dangerous.

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.

God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs.

Many make the household but only one the home.

Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.