As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.

The walking of Man is falling forwards.

Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas.

But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.