I could better eat with one who did not respect the truth or the laws, than with a sloven and unpresentable person. Moral qualities rule the world, but at shorter distances, the senses are despotic.

The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

The aristocrat is the democrat ripe, and gone to seed.

I once heard a preacher who sorely tempted me to go to church no more.

It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.

Prayer that craves a particular commodity, anything less than all good, is vicious.