Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.

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.

Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest.

I love her with a love as still As a broad river's peaceful might, Which by high tower and lowly mill, Goes wandering at its own will, And yet does ever flow aright.

That best academy, a mother's knee.

Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.