Of all false assertions that ever went into the world under the banner of a great name and the mail armor of a well-turned phrase, Locke's comparison of the mind to a blank sheet of paper appears to me among the most untrue.

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.

ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed.

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.