Spoons and skimmers you can be undistinguishably together; but vases and statues require each a pedestal for itself.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners.

The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.

If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.