Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

A beggarly people, A church and no steeple.

Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless diversity, scarcely any monstrosity.

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right.

Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages.

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