Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.

Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the extraordinary events and omit just what we want,--the every-day life of each particular time and country.

knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.