Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

No generalization is wholly true—not even this one.

The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

Science is the topography of ignorance. From a few elevated points we triangulate vast spaces, inclosing infinite unknown details. We cast the lead, and draw up a little sand from abysses we may never reach with our dredges.

To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.