And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.

A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.

The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.

There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time.