Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.

Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.

But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance with truth and God.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

Life is a boundless privilege, and when you pay for your ticket, and get into the car, you have no guess what good company you shall find there.