I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, - "But these impulses may be from below, not from above." I replied, 'They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the devil's child, I will live then from the devil.'

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Convert life into truth.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

The lover of letters loves power too.

If in the least particular, one could derange the order of nature, who would accept the gift of life?

Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.