The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature.

Everything that is popular, it has been said, deserves the attention of philosophers: and this is for the obvious reason, that although it may not be of any worth in itself, yet it characterizes the people.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air is full of sounds;the sky, of tokens; the ground is all memoranda and signatures; and every object covered over with hints, which speak to the intelligent.

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

When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long.