Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.

Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

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.

The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.

Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood.