Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Do what you will, only do something.

Rest is by no means a waste of time.

Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early condition of the individual indicates that of the race,-that the best test of the affinities of a species are the stages through which it passes. So also it is in the case of man; the life of each individual is an epitome of the history of the race, and the gradual development of the child illustrates that of the species.

We are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy it. Moreover, this great inheritance has the additional advantage that it entails no labor, requires no management. The landlord has the trouble, but the landscape belongs to everyone who has eyes to see it.

The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.

It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.