Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal.

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."

The pen has shaken nations.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.