Our opinions of the world, are confessions of character.

The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.

The first questions are always to be asked, and the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.

Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.

A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.

Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. People only see what they are prepared to see.

Let us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.