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 man is grave alone.

The shot heard round the world.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Our health is our sound relation to external objects; our sympathy with external being.

The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.