They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it.

I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.

Thoughts rule the world.

Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

God has delegated himself to a million deputies.

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.