It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.

Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.

Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?