Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways, I keep and pass and turn again.

Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care. O my brothers, God exists. There is a soul at the centre of nature, and over the will of every man, so that none of us can wrong the universe.

Nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.