The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.

Borrowed garments never keep one warm.

There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on.

A great part of human suffering has its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions.

Year by year, more and more of the world gets disenchanted. Even the icy privacy of the arctic and antarctic circles is invaded. We have played Jack Horner with our earth, till there is never a plum left in it.

Many make the household but only one the home.

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.