Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges, vellum and morocco, all the presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic date.

The State is our neighbors; our neighbors are the State.

Nature tells every secret once.

There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.

The music that can deepest reach and cure all ill is cordial speech.

Be not the slave of your own past.

The regular course of studies, the years of academical and professional education, have not yielded me better facts than some idle books under the bench at the Latin School.