A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

Unhappily, no man exists who has not in his own person become, to some amount, a stockholder in the sin, and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation.

The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.

The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

Do not fear to put novels into the hands of young people as an occasional holiday experiment, but above all, good poetry in all kinds,--epic, tragedy, lyric. If we can touch the imagination, we serve them; they will never forget it.

'Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad company, and taverns steal from the best economist.

A great man is always willing to be little.