I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher.

I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.

At present, the novels which we owe to English ladies form no small part of the literary glory of our country. No class of works is more honorably distinguished for fine observation, by grace, by delicate wit, by pure moral feeling.

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those immense libraries...and never pass a waking hour without a book before me.

It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the paltry abridgements used at preparatory schools in England.

It is the age that forms the man, not the man that forms the age.