What is one man's gain is another's loss.

Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach.

Often do the spirits stride on before the event; and in today already walks tomorrow.

The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our writers seem to have affected.

Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.