The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.

It is bad enough that our geniuses cannot do anything useful, but it is worse that no man is fit for society who has fine traits.He is admired at a distance, but he cannot come near without appearing a cripple.

I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.

We are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties.

Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know.

Be sure then to read no mean books. Shun the spawn of the press on the gossip of the hour. Do not read what you shall learn, without asking, in the street and the train.