If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars

Is not prayer also a study of truth,--a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily, without learningsomething. But when a faithful thinker, resolute to detach every object from personal relations, and see it in the light of thought, shall, at the same time, kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections, then will God go forth anew into creation.

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.

Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.