Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty, by strengthening law and decorum, stupefies conscience.

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.

Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile.

Genius has infused itself into nature. It indicates itself by a small excess of good, a small balance in brute facts always favorable to the side of reason.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.

What new thoughts are suggested by seeing a face of country quite familiar, in the rapid movement of the rail-road car!