A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

Whatever is old corrupts, and the past turns to snakes.

Language is the archives of history.

After thirty, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six, until the day of his death.

Of immortality, the soul, when well employed, is incurious. It is so well, that it is sure that it will be well. It asks no questions of the Supreme Power.

It is hard to mesmerize ourselves, to whip our own top; but through sympathy we are capable of energy and endurance. Concert fires people to a certain fury of performance they can rarely reach alone.

When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.